Apple-parer.



No. 633,243. Patented Sept. l9, I899.

. D. F. HUNT.

A I PPLE PAREB. (Appliation filed on. e, 1898.) (N0 Model.) 2SheetsSheet I.

MTNEEEES Q l EIJTUH No. 633,243. Patented Sept. I9, I899.

D. F. HUNT.

APPLE PARER.

(Application filed Oct. 6, 1898.) (No Mod'l.) 2 Sheets-Shet 2.

MTIJESSES throat of the knife-head.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

DAVID F. HUNT, OF ANTRIM, NEW HAMPSHIRE.

APPLE-PARER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 633,243, datedSeptember 19, 1899.

Application filed October 6, 1898.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, DAVID F. HUNT, acitizenof the United States, residing in Antrim, in the county of Hillsboroughand State of New Hampshire, have invented new and useful Improvementsin'Apple-Parers, of which the following is a specification.

In this invention or improvement I provide a jointed frame or standwhereby the working parts or head can be set and secured at any desiredangle, a doffing-lever which not only serves as a knock-off,.but isprovided with a paring-knife which removes that portion of the skinwhich has not been removed by the main paring-knife, and a knife-headthe guard or guard portion whereof is provided with corrugations oralternate ridges and grooves whereby the knife-head will adjust itselfto irregularly-shaped apples or fruit to be pared and to the lumps orprotuberances which would otherwise clog the The nature of my inventionis fully described in detail below and illustrated in the accompanyingdrawings, in which Figure 1 is a front elevation of an appleparerembodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the same, aportion of the gear being represented as broken out. Fig. 3 is a rearelevation of the same. Fig. 4 is an elevation of the side opposite tothat illustrated in Fig. 2. Fig. 5 is a detail in rear elevation ofthedoffer or knock-off mechanism. Fig. 6 is a section taken on line X,Fig. 3. Fig 7 is a perspective View of the main paring-knife. Fig. 8 isa similar view showing a modification.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

The frame or stand consists of two main portions A and B, hingedtogether at C. The portion A is provided with an integral segment-plateA, whose curved lower edge extends under the lip aof a clamping-nut a,by means of which the tightening-screw ct,which extends through the nuta and a threaded opening in the portion B of the stand, sets the twoparts A B at any desired angle to suit the operator. The part B isprovided with the ordinary means for securing it to a table I),

and the part A is formed with the integral Serial No. 692.851. (N0model.)

bracket or head D, in which the gear E has its'bearings; said gear beingengaged by the pinion e, faston the shaft 6, which has its bearings inthe head D and is actuated by the gear g, provided with the handle g,all substantially as usual.

F is the ordinary fork or holder, rigid with the shaft F, having itsbearings in the arm D, extending from the portion A of the stand orframe, said shaft being actuated by the gear h, engaged by thegear-wheel h, which is supported by the frame and itself engaged 'by thegear g.

The bracket or head D is formed with the curved extension D", whichserves to swing up and out at the proper moment the knifehead H, whichis at the lower end of the lever J, integral with the barrel or axle J,having its bearings in suitable ears J on the under side of the gear E,said gear being formed with the hole E, through which the upper end ofthe lever J extends and is thereby engaged and pressed down by saidextension D against the power of the spring f. The knife-head H isprovided with a suitable slot H and supports the knife K, which is adjust ably secured to the head with relation to the slot. The lower end ofthe knife-head is broadened and formed into the guard L, whose underside-that is to say, the side that rests against the apple-is providedwith a series of recesses or depressions L, separated from each other byridges L. These depressions or recesses are preferably but notnecessarily curved, so that the undersurface of the guard is corrugatedor provided with alternate ridges and grooves. In Fig. 7 this guard ismade integral with the knife-head and formed with corrugations, as abovedescribed. In Fig. 8 the guard is a separate piece and is adj ust-ablysecured to the knife-head, and the grooves or recesses are separatedfrom each other by beads or ribs Z. Moreover, each groove is formed onits forward edge with a notch i. As the knife-head is carried around therotating apple in the or'dinarymanner by gations or depressions L allowthe passage of small lumps, produced by bruises in the fruit, whichwould otherwise clog the throat of the knife-head.

Pivoted to the frame A at n is a doffingleverP, whose lower end is bentforward into a knife-head P, provided with a paring-knife R. The upperend P of this lever is bent forward and is level with the periphery ofthe disk gear-wheel E, which is formed with the cam S. (Figs. 1, 3, and5.) This doi'finglever is so hung that its head is, when the end P" isnotengaged by the cam, just at the rear of the fork F and next to theshaft F, as shown in Figs. 1 and 3, being held back in such position bymeans of a suitable spring 25. As the disk gear-wheel E is rotated, sothat the apple is being pared, the cam S at the proper moment comes intoengagement with and forces back the arm P of the doliinglever, swingingthe head P forward into the position indicated in Fig. 5. While this isgoing on that portion of the apple which is next to the fork and beingrotated thereby, and which is not touched by the main knife K, is paredby the knife R, and just before the end P slips over the edge S of thecam the doffer knocks off the apple, which is then completely pared bythe two knives K and R. The spring t then forces the doffing-lever backinto the position indicated in Figs; 1

and The knife-head I is provided with a suitable guard U.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

1. In an apple-parer, the knife-head H provided with the slot H andknife K, and the substantially straight guard L rigid with the head andparallel with the slot, said guard being formed on its under surfacewith the series of parallel, transverse recesses or depressions L andthe parallel transverse ridges or beads L separating said recesses,substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

2. In an apple-parer, the knife-head H provided with the slot H andknife K, and the substantially straight guard L rigid with the head andparallel with the slot, said guard being formed on its under surfacewith the series of parallel, transverse recesses or depressions L andthe parallel transverse ridges or beads L separating said recesses, andformed on its upper or forward edge with a series of concave notches Z,each notch corresponding with and being at the forward edge of one ofsaid grooves and-between two of said ridges, substantially as described.

DAVID F. I'IUN'l.

\Vitnesses:

BENJ. I-I. LANE, CHAS. H. MARTIN.

